Attachment for cooking utensils



Dec 4, 1928. 1,693,974

A. E. BIENSTOCK ATTACHMENT FOR COOKING UTENSILS Filed May 20, 1927 ATTORNE cooking process so as tobe submerged in In all forms of the invention, the ingre- Patented Dec. 4,-

I i I i UNITED STATES" PATENT or cE.

Application filed May 20, 1927. Serial No.192,845.

The invention relates to the art of cooking an inherent elasticity, serve in this operative. food stufi's and more particularly to the position to exert a clamping action uponthe preparation of liquid food stulis, such as ag'13 whereby the latter issecurely con soups and the like. In many instances, and nected with the suspending device which in 5 especially in the preparation of clear soups, addition to its other functions serves to close the ingredients utilized in the preparation of the open end of the bag 13". When using the the soup are suspended in the cooking utensil device, the suspending members 11 are en-' so as to yield their extracts in the process of gaged with the upper edge of the cooking cooking without becoming actively mixed utensil 14 soas to suspend thebag 18 therein 10 with the soup itself. In practice up to the 1n the manner indicated in Fig. 1. The illuspresent time it has accordingly been the custrailed form, whichmay be said to be the tom to place vegetables or' other ingredients preferred construction, is simple in construe in a fabric bag or its equivalent which is tion and reliable inaction and may be prosuspended in the cooking utensil during the duced at a minimum cost.

water or other liquid contained in said utensil. clients, used in the preparation of the soup,

The object Of the present invention is to Will be efiiciently suspended in the cooking provide simple and novel devices whereby utensil in a manner to be susceptible to the such fabric bags may be efiiciently suspended cookingoperation without becoming actually 20 in the pot in which the soup or its equivalent mixed with the soup or its equivalent, which,

is being made. The invention contemplates accordingly, in its finished state, comprises a further the provision of a novel container for clear liquid, free from any particles of said the ingredients, in combination with a novel Ingredients. Straining of the soup or its means for suspending the same in the cooking quivalent Subsequently to the completion utensil. Other objects will appear from the her f iS thus entirely avoided. Theingred i ti h i aft r and th features of clients are easily removed from the soup or its novelty will be pointed out in the claims. equivalent at, will by simply lifting the de- 30 In the accompanying drawings which illusv 1ce 1.0 or 10 with the bag 13* from the utentrate an example of the invention without 1114, 14 or 14. The construction provides 30 defining its limits, Fig. 1 is a perspective view s pp e and Blficielll? medium a dling partly broken away showing the novel susthe ingredients easily and rapidly, as may pending device in use; and Fig. 2 is a detail be neces y. T e evi es are co structed in lan vi f the d i it lf, standard sizes and the suspending members V In the form hown in Fig 1 and 2, th 11 arelocated and dimensioned so as to be 3' suspending device is constructed of asingle dapted for ooking'utensils of difierent dicontinuous length of wire twisted upon itself Il l IlS Wlthin a fairly wide range. as indicated at 10 and 10", to form suspend. The bag 13 may easily be filledand emping members 11*} and clamping members 10 filed y i ply de ch ng it from the device and 10, as shown in Fig. 2. The clamping 10 I 40 member 10 terminates in afree end and is 7 Various changes in'the specific forms shown movable relatively to the clamping member and d s edlnay be made Within the scope .10 to facilitate the use of the d'evice; a hook of the claims without departing from the 5 or equivalent means 15 is provided on the spirit of the invention. clamping member 10 as an integral part I claim: j

45 thereof formaintainingtheclampingmember 1. A suspending device of the kind de- 10 in its operative clamping position as scribed, comprising parallel clamping memshown in Figs. 1 and 2. In utilizing the de-. bers connected at one end, one lot said memvice, a bag 13 similar to the bag 13 is inserted bers being continued in the form of suspendat its open end between the clamping meming devices arranged to engage and rest upon 50 bers 10 and 10 after which the clamping the upper edge'of a. cooking utensil, and a member 10 is snapped beneath the hook 15 as hook adapted to engage the other clamping indlcated in Fig. 1. The clamping means 10 'member to maintain the sameinits operative 10 and 10 being constructed of wire and having p iti 1 A suspending device of the kind described, comprising acontinuous length of Wn'e tw sted upon itself to form a cla mplng member and suspending device at opposite 5 ends thereof-and a second clamping member terminating in a freeend, and a hook comprising anintegral part of said first named clamping member and'adapted to receive the free end of thesecond clamynng lnen'lber for maintaining the latter in its operative clamp 10% ing position.

In test mony whereof I ha ivehereunto set ANNA E. BIENSTOGK. 

